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Route in China (MONGOLIA)

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Travel story: Route in China (MONGOLIA)

Ulaan Baatar
After the last Khan (Altan Khan) declared himself to be the "Living Buddha" and made Tantric Lamaism the state religion in the 16th century, mongol discipline broke down and internecine strife between the western Djungar and the eastern Halh Mongols invited invasion by the Manchu Qing Emperor Kang Xi who annexed "Inner Mongolia" and made "Outer Mongolia" a protectorate of China headed by a puppet theocracy under a subservient "Jebtsundamba Hutuktu" (Living Buddha).More

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